Introduction to Wholly English Translation (WET)

3. Revelation of the multi-faceted manifestations of the Spirit of God - the Self-existent, the Holy Spirit - the various descriptions of Him and the several names by which He is called: One of the major causes of division in the body of Jesus the Anointed is the divergence in the understanding of the person of the Self-existent, the Holy Spirit. The first mention of Him is in Genesis 1:3 where He is said to be moving upon the waters when the ground – earth – became formless and empty. The implication is that He was on earth and had a dwelling on earth before the ground became formless and empty. So, He is the One to whom the statements, “Let there be…,” (Gen. 1:3, 6 and 14), “Let the…” (Gen. 1:9, 20 and 24) and “Let us…” (Gen. 1:26), were directed. That is why the Bible says that the ground was created by the Spirit [Emissary] of the Self-existent – Job 26:13; 33:4; and Ps. 104:30. The Word personified in John 1:1-3, Jesus (Greek – lŏgŏs) is the communication between the Self-existent, the Invisible, and the Self-existent [the Holy Spirit] which became flesh. Lŏgŏs, according to Strong’s Concordance, means something said (including the thought); by implication – a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension a computation; specifically (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e., Christ):- account, cause, communication, concerning, doctrine, fame, have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, reaction, remove, say(ing), shew, speaker, speech, talk, thing, none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work (Strong Index No G3056). Accordingly, the passage could as well read “In the beginning was the Thought, and the Thought was with God and the Thought was God’s. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were created by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made.”

 

However, the Self-existent [the Holy Spirit] is not only identified by the identifier, “the Self-existent,” [“the Spirit of God,” “the Holy Spirit” or “the Holy Ghost” – KJV] in the Bible, He is identified in many ways and called by different names including the Name of the Self-existent, the Spirit of the Self-existent, the Emissary (Angel) of the Self-existent (Angel is not a native English word; it is borrowed from Greek, the original language of the Final Testament.), the Glory of the Self-existent, the Voice of the Self-existent, the Wind of the Self-existent (the same Hebrew word, ruach, translated to “spirit” is translatable to “wind”), the Oracle of the Self-existent and the Power or Arm of the Self-existent, and He manifested in different ways:

1.      The Name of the Self-existent – Gen. 4:26 “And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: Then began men to call upon the Name of the Self-existent.” To “call upon the Name of the Self-existent” means to have a recourse to or to seek assistance of the Name of the Self-existent. That makes the Name of the Self-existent a Personality. The Bible reveals in many passages that He

• moves about – Is. 30:27;
• lives in a house – 2 Sam. 7:13; 1 Kings 5:3; 8:16,17,19,20 and 44; 9:3 and 7; 21:7; 2 Kings 7:21; 1 Chr. 22:19; 28:3; 2 Chr. 2:4; 6:5,7,8,10 and 24; 7:16 and 20; 33:4 and 7;
•  Solomon built a palace for Him in the habitation of prosperity - Jerusalem;
• can be given thanks – 1 Chronicles 16:35; Ps. 106:47.
• is mighty/powerful – 2 Chronicles 6:32; Ps. 8:1 & 9; 99:3 (WET).
• defends – Ps. 20:1-4; Prov. 18:10 (He is a Strong Tower - KJV).
• is trustable – Ps. 33:21.
• is to be praised – Ps. 99:3; 138:2. 
• is to be thanked – Ps. 103:1; 145:21 (WET).
• is terrible – Ps. 99:3.
• is holy – Is 57:15; Lev. 20:3; 22:2; Ps. 103:1; Luke 1:49.
• is dreadful – Ps.111:9
• is to be gathered unto (Jer. 3:17, Matt. 18:20)
• is to be approached for assistance (Gen. 4:26; 12:8; Ps. 116:4; Zeph. 3:9; Rom. 10:13).
• can be ministered to — Ps. 52:9.

 

The pronouns “His” and “Him” or the adjectives qualifying “Name” in these passages reveal Him as a Personality. God explained in very clear terms in Leviticus 24:15 that the Name that the Israeli woman’s son blasphemed (Leviticus 24:11) is God.  Who could He be? He could be no other Person than the Self-existent [the Holy Spirit]! As you read on, you will come across hundreds of references where “Name” has been perfectly explained as “Spirit,” confirming that the Self-existent [the Holy Spirit] is the Name of the Self-existent, the Invisible.  The prophecy in Ps. 22:22, fulfilled in Jn. 14 to 16 and confirmed in Jn. 17:6 says it all. It says Jesus would make the Name of the Self-existent known to His brethren: After He made the Self-existent [the Holy Spirit] known to His disciples in Jn. 14 to 16, He confirmed in Jn.17:6 that the Self-existent [the Holy Spirit] He made known to them was the Name of the Self-existent. The first clear revelation about Him being a Personality is in Exodus 20:24 where the Self-existent, the Invisible, declared that He would come and bless Israel wherever He chose to put or settle His Name.

2.     The Emissary (Angel) of the Self-existent – Gen. 16:7. First encountered in Gen. 16:7, the Personality called the Emissary of the Self-existent appeared to men in all generations up to the last book of the Bible, though called by different titles; He is called by the title for the last time in Acts 27:23. The theology that the Emissary is the appearance of Jesus is debunked by the fact that He appeared in the dream when Jesus was in the womb (Matthew 1:20; Lk. 1:11) and when Jesus was still an infant (Luke 2:9), and rolled away the stone at the sepulcher of Jesus (Matt. 28:2). If He is a deity as is clearly revealed from Genesis to Acts, and He is not Jesus, who is He? That Hagar, Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, Manoah’s wife and Manoah, Gideon, David and the rest saw Him makes Him not the Self-existent who is invisible. He can be no other than the Self-existent [the Holy Spirit] in that ALL celestial-messengers (angels) from God are holy and so, are holy spirits. That He is called Angel in KJV does not rule out His being a deity. The Hebrew word – “mal’âk,” or the Greek word, “aggelos,” translated to “angel” in KJV, according to Strong, “is from a root meaning to dispatch as a deputy; a messenger, specially of God, i.e., an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher) – ambassador, angel, king, messenger.” DBD defines it as “messenger” or “representative.” Had the translators called Him “Emissary of God” instead of “Angel of God,” men would not have had much difficulty identifying Him as the Self-existent [the Holy Spirit] in that the Bible is very clear about the fact that the Self-existent [the Holy Spirit] is an Emissary of the Godhead on earth, having been sent by the Self-existent, the Invisible, and the Self-existent, the Son of man, Jesus. (Read Ex. 23:20-23; John 14:23-26; 15:26; 16:6-15). Anyone sent is a messenger, representative or emissary of the sender. He is God’s Emissary on earth called the Lord [Owner/Controller] of all the earth (Joshua 3:11), the Self-existent, the God of the whole earth (Ps. 97:5; Mic. 4:13; Zech. 4:14 and 6:5), the God of the whole earth (Is. 54:5) and the God of the earth (Rev. 11:4). He is resident on earth (Pro. 8:31; Hosea 5:15). When He was given to Israel (Ex. 23:20-23), He became the God of Israel (Ex. 3:13 and 24:10), the Judge and the King of Israel (1 Sam. 8:7; Is. 33:22), the Captain of Israel - 2 Chr. 13:1; Daniel 12:1 (The word, “prince” means “captain”). He left Israel and went back to His place when Israel sinned against Him (Is. 26:21; Hos. 5:15; Ezek. 11:23). During Jesus’ incarnation, He is ‘the God at Jesus’ side’ and His Fellow (Ps. 110:5; Zec. 13:7). When He was given to the church after Jesus’ departure from the earth (John 14-16), He became the Guide and Captain of the church (Acts 13:2-4) and the Emissary of Jesus. As the Self-existent, the Invisible, told Israel not to sin against Him (Ex. 23:20-23) and that sin against Him is unpardonable, Jesus, the Self-existent, the Son of man, made the church to know that sin against Him is unpardonable (Matt. 12:31-32) and the church is warned not to grieve Him (Eph. 4:30). He is to the church all that He was to Israel! That He is the Emissary of the Godhead on earth and the God of the earth is made clear in that whereas God [the Self-existent] and Jesus are revealed as the Owners and Occupiers of the throne in heaven (Dan. 7:9-13; Matt. 22:4; 26:64; Mk 10:40; 14:62; 16:19; Lk. 20:42 and 69; Acts 2:33 and 34; 5:31; 7:56; Rom. 8:34; Eph. 1:20; Col. 3:1; Heb. 1:3; 8:1; 10:12; 12:2; 1 Pet. 3:22; Rev. 5:1 and 7; 6:16; 7:9 and 10; 21:22; and 22:1 and 3), He is revealed as the Owner and Occupier of the throne of God on earth - Ps. 47:8; 48:1-2 (His city); Is. 6:1; Jer. 3:17; 14:21; Matt. 5:35 (His city); Matt. 19:28; 23:21; 25:31.

 

Through the verb – come upon – the Bible reveals clearly that the Spirit [Emissary] of the Self-existent is the same as the “Angel of the LORD” in KJV: As the Spirit [Emissary] of the Self-existent comes upon people (Num. 24:2; 1 Chr. 12:18), the Emissary of the Self-existent comes upon people (Lk. 2:9; Acts 12:7). Accordingly, in WET, “Emissary” has been substituted for “angel,” in most instances where He is in reference, and for readers to get a clearer picture of His personality, we have put the Self-existent [the Holy Spirit] in parentheses. In all references that the Greek loanword, Angel, is employed for Him in KJV, therefore, WET has chosen to write “Emissary of the Self-existent, the Invisible – the Self-existent, the Holy Spirit.” That He is the Messenger of the Self-existent, the Invisible, does not demean Him: He and Jesus are called “Messengers” in Is. 44:22 and Jesus is called Messenger in Mal. 3:1. Besides, both of them are called Servants of the Self-existent – Is. 52:13/53:11. Finally, the Self-existent Himself declared unequivocally that He is His Ambassador/Messenger (Obad. 1).

3.      The Glory of the LORD (KJV) – Ex. 16:7: The Presence of the Self-existent (WET). This is another title of the Spirit [Emissary] of the Self-existent which runs through the whole Bible, beginning from Exodus 16:7 to 2 Thess. 2:14, that men do not know that it refers to Him. The pronouns – He and Him – employed for the Glory throughout the Bible, His presence on earth from Exodus to Ezekiel, and His moving about from place to place, make it clear that He is a Personality (Ex. 16:7; 24:16; 2 Chr. 7:3; Ezek. 1:1-28). (It is not that the “Glory” is not present in Genesis, only that He is not so described in Genesis).  The Glory of God (KJV) is man’s description of the appearance of the Self-existent [the Holy Spirit] in non-human form; He is called the Emissary [Angel] of God when He appears in human form. He appears in both human and non-human forms. The Glory of the Self-existent, the Invisible, is not really a title, it is a description of His manifestation which at other places is said to be a Cloud, Pillar of Cloud and Pillar of Fire (KJV), Wind or Whirlwind. He is described as both the Glory of the LORD (The Self-existent - WET) and the Cloud of the LORD (The Self-existent - WET) in Exodus 40:38; Num. 10:34. Like the Name of the LORD (The Self-existent - WET), the scripture shows that He

• moves about – Ex. 14:19; Ezek. 10:4 & 18; 11:23; 43:4;
• stands – Ex. 14:19; Ezek. 3:23; 10:4 & 18; 11:23
• hears – Ex. 16:7;
• is the LORD (The Self-existent - WET) – Ex. 16: 10 & 11;
• can be seen – Ex. 16:10; Lev. 9:23; Num. 10:14; 16: 19; 20:6; Deut. 5:24; Is.35:2; Ezek. 1:28, 3:23;
• defends – Is. 4:5;
• speaks – Ezek. 1:28 to 2:1; and
• is praiseworthy – Ezek. 3:12. And like the Spirit of the LORD (The Self-existent - WET), He fills – Ex. 40:34; 2 Chr. 5:14; 7:2; Ezek. 43:5; 44:4; 1 Kings 8:11.

 

4.     The Oracle of the Self-existent – The Hebrew word, “neum,” translated as “saith” in many instances in the First Testament is better translated as “Oracle.” God, the Holy Spirit, employed it to reveal Himself as the Oracle, Mouthpiece, Voice or Spokesperson of the Self-existent in His discourse with the prophets (Is. 19:4; Jer. 2:12; Amos 2:16; etc. - WET).

 

4. Explanation of significant words and names:

Like the Amplified Bible, many words and names in the Bible that needed explanation for easier understanding are explained in parentheses. These include:

1.      Israel or House of Israel – The name Israel, carries different meanings, depending on the writer – whether a citizen of the northern kingdom or a citizen of the southern kingdom; and the time of writing – whether before the split of the nation, after the split or after the return of the people from Babylon or Shushan.

 

In Nehemiah’s writing, Israel refers to the whole nation of the descendants of Jacob before the division, but it refers to the northern kingdom after the division. In Ezra’s work, it refers to the descendants of Jacob before the division but, many times, to Judah, the southern kingdom after the division. At the return from Babylon, Ezra wrote the name for Judah many times. Because of this, the name, Israel, is explained in this translation in parentheses in many instances it appears in the books incorporated into Ezra’s Book of the History of Adam, i.e., Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Joel, Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, Nahum, Zephaniah, Jeremiah, Lamentation, Habakkuk, Obadiah, Ezekiel, Job and Daniel, such as “Israel [the descendants of Jacob],” “Israel [the northern kingdom],” “Israel [the great ancestor of the two kingdoms],” “Israel [the post-captivity nation]” and “Israel [the future nation],” realizing that, the post-captivity nation did not include the northern kingdom which had been largely occupied by foreigners.

2.      Jacob or House of Jacob – In the Book of the History of Adam by Nehemiah (Genesis to Nehemiah), “house of Jacob” is synonymous to “house of Israel;” it means the entire descendants of Jacob. However, in the Book of the History of Adam by Ezra, “house of Jacob” means Judah, the southern kingdom (Isaiah 48:1; Obadiah 1:18; Micah 2:7).

 

After the division, the northern kingdom adopted the name Israel, and was so called and addressed; the southern kingdom became Judah and was so called and addressed. However, though they had the palace of the Self-existent [the sanctuary] with them, the Self-existent had already identified Himself with Israel by His name – God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. Apart from that, the name, Judah, did not only subordinate the kingdom to the northern kingdom, Israel, being their great ancestor’s name, it made them secessionists. Accordingly, many times in Ezra’s book, Ezra unconsciously wrote Israel when he meant Judah (2 Chr. 19:8; 20:29; 21:2 and 4; 28:19). Because of this, the people of Judah began to identify themselves as the “house of Jacob,” and the Self-existent as the God of Jacob, thereby taking the name of their progenitor, Jacob, and identifying their nation with the Self-existent, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Consequently, the name, Jacob, is explained in parentheses in many instances in the Book of the History of Adam by Ezra. For example - Jacob [Judah, the southern kingdom] or Jacob [the descendants of Jacob].

3.      Gilead or Mount Gilead (KJV) – Knowledge of where Gilead or mount Gilead is will increase men’s understanding of the Bible, as the name features in the First Testament from Genesis to Zechariah. Who was Gilead and where is Gilead? Gilead was a descendant of Manasseh. According to the Bible, the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh settled for the countries of Sihon king of the Amorites and Og king of Bashan, east of the Jordan, before Israel got to the promised land, west of the Jordan (Num. 32) after she conquered the two countries. However, half the tribe of Manasseh got a larger share of the territory, occupying half the whole territory, leaving the tribes of Reuben and Gad to share the remaining half (Deut. 3:12 and 13). In all likelihood, as a result, and, majorly because of a mighty warrior who arose from the half tribe of Manasseh – Jair (Jdg. 17:1) – the whole territory, occupied by the two and a half tribes, began to be called Gilead, after the name of that descendant of Manasseh – one of the ancestors of the Manassehites. Consequently, the place became known as Gilead or mount Gilead, meaning the land or country of Gilead - Gen. 31:21. (Mountain is, many times, used figuratively for country or region in the scripture – Read Ezek. 35:10 and 12 and 37:2.) Accordingly, in many instances where mount Gilead (Gen. 31:21), land of Gilead (Num. 32:1), cities of Gilead (Num. 32:26), Gilead (Num. 32:40) or country of Gilead is found in the Bible, it refers to the territory occupied by the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh east of the Jordan which shares border with the tribes of Dan, Naphtali, Issachar and half Manasseh in the promised land, west of the Jordan. (The appearance of the name in Genesis is a proof that Genesis was written after the territory became Gilead.) That there was no place called Gilead in the promised land before Israel took possession is evident in that no mention was made of Gilead among the nations God promised to give to Israel.

Nehemiah, the writer/compiler of the book of the history stated, unequivocally, that it was after Moses killed Sihon king of the Amorites and Og king of Bashan that he gave the farewell speech in Deuteronomy (Deut. 1:1-5) before his death. As far as the Bible is concerned, there was no nation called Gilead, or people called Gileadites, or king called king of Gilead fought by Israel, before, or even, after Moses’ death. How come then that Israel would possess Gilead (Deut. 2:36; 3:10, 12, 13, 15 and 16) having not encountered a people or nation called Gilead? Could Gilead have existed since the days of Jacob (Gen. 31:21) and not have a king or an army? Or, were the Amorites and the Bashanites Gileadites? How come Israelites east of the Jordan were called Gileadites (Num. 26:29; Jdg. 10:8; 12:4 & 5; and 2 Kgs 15:25)? Could it have been a divine arrangement, or a coincidence, that a descendant of Manasseh bore the same name with a foreign nation and so, when they got to the place bearing the name of one of their ancestors, they opted to remain there and carry on with their name? Was the place not called the mount (countries) of the Amorites – Num. 13:29; Deut. 1:7, 19 & 20, and the two kings not said to be kings of the Amorites (Deut. 3:8; 31:4)? Were the Amorites the same as the Gileadites? Would God allow His people to carry on with, or adopt, the name of a people whose names He told them to destroy (Deut. 12:3)?

The answer is that the historian used the current name of the territory to describe the places. Accordingly, the terms “people and princes of Gilead,” “inhabitants of Gilead,” “elders of Gilead,” “inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead,” “country of Gilead” and “land of Gilead” are found from Joshua upward (Josh. 17:3; Jdg. 10:8; 11:11), referring to Israel, east of the Jordan, and all the places occupied by Israel (i.e. the two and a half tribes) were referred to as Gilead (Jdg. 10:8).

For quick understanding of the Bible, therefore, an explanation is put in parentheses in front of the name and a sign - a pen-writer - is attached to the name to indicate that there is a note under, to explain it.

 

4.      Ephraim or mount Ephraim (Joshua 17:15) – Like Gilead, Ephraim or mount Ephraim which means land of Ephraim (Deut. 34:2) or region of Ephraim (2 Chr. 30:10) first became the name of the territory west of the Jordan occupied by the remaining seven and a half, of the ten tribes of Israel who revolted against Judah during the reign of Rehoboam, but later, the people of Judah, the southern kingdom, because they would not want to call the northern kingdom by the name Israel, began to call them Ephraim. So, to the people of the northern kingdom, Gilead meant the territory east of the Jordan occupied by the tribes of Reuben, Gad and half Manasseh, while the territory west of the Jordan belonging to the northern kingdom was Ephraim. However, the people of the southern kingdom called the territory east of the Jordan, Gilead and the two territories (east and west Jordan) belonging to the northern kingdom, Ephraim. Ephraim can then mean something in one passage and another in the next. For quick understanding of the Bible therefore, an explanation is put in parentheses in front of each occurrence of the name and a pen-writer sign is attached to each of the instances to indicate that the name is explained as footnote.
5.      Lebanon or mount Lebanon - Deut. 1:7 and Jdg. 3:3. Lebanon is another territory that has been shrouded in mystery. Although it is the name of a woodland extreme north of Israel the northern kingdom, west of the Jordan, it is one of the names the people of Judah, the southern kingdom, called Israel, the northern kingdom, west of the Jordan, and sometimes, the entire northern kingdom.  This is explained accordingly in parentheses in front of each occurrence and a pen-writer sign is put beside to refer readers to comprehensive explanation underneath.
6.       Jezreel or valley of Jezreel – Joshua 15:56 and 17:16. Like Gilead and Lebanon, the territory called “Jezreel” has posed a lot of difficulty for Bible students. Though it is an administrative district of Israel, the northern kingdom, it is one of the names the people of Judah, the southern kingdom, called the northern kingdom, west of the Jordan and sometimes, the entire northern kingdom. The genesis of the name is in Hosea. They did not begin to call them by the name until after the prophet’s message. (That it is found in Joshua reveals that the piece titled “Joshua” was not written until after they started calling them by the name.) This is explained accordingly, in parentheses, in front of each occurrence and a pen-writer sign is put beside to refer readers to the comprehensive explanation underneath.
7.      Sharon – 1 Chr. 5:16. This is another name the people of Judah, the southern kingdom called Israel, the northern kingdom, west of the Jordan. This is explained accordingly, in parentheses, in front of each occurrence and a pen-writer sign is put beside to refer readers to the detailed explanation underneath.
8.      Joseph, Isaac, Naphtali, Zebulun – In their effort not to call the northern kingdom by the name Israel, other names the people of the southern kingdom called them are: House of Joseph (Amos. 5:6 and 15; 6:6; Obad. 1:18; Zech. 10:6), house of Isaac (Amos 7:9 and 26) and land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali (Is. 9:1). Accordingly, WET explains the meaning of the names as Israel, the northern kingdom, wherever doing so will make it clear to readers.
9.        Gad – Also, the people of Judah, not knowing what to call the territory east of the Jordan occupied by the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, called them Gad (Jer. 49:1). For clarification, the name is explained as footnote, with a pen-writer sign beside, in the passage, directing readers to it.
10.        “Top of Carmel,” “Mountains of Samaria” (Amos 3:9) and kine of Bashan (Amos 4:1; 6:1 and Jer. 31:5). All these are other ways the people of Judah, the southern kingdom described the people of Israel, the northern kingdom, all because they were uncomfortable calling them by the name, Israel. God referred to them as “the crown of pride and the drunkards of Ephraim” twice (Is. 28:1 and 3) and “the swelling of the Jordan” (KJV) which is the same as “the pride of the Jordan” four times (Jer. 12:5; 49:19; 50:44; Zech. 11:3).  They were being accused of pride.
11.      “Jew” or “Jews.”  This is another word that Bible readers have misunderstood.  The term does not refer to all descendants of Jacob, wherever it is found, it refers to the people of Judah, the southern kingdom. It has its root in the name Judah, and its beginning, in Babylon. Their captors coined the title for them in Babylon. Unfortunately, because they – people of the southern kingdom - were majorly the people remaining for their ancestor, people began to call all descendants of Jacob today by that title. For easy understanding, therefore, this also is explained in parentheses.
12.        “Judea.”  The only occurrence of this word in the First Testament in many translations is in Ezra 5:8, although some show it in five other instances – Daniel 2:25; 5:13; 6:13; Ezra 5:1; 7:1.  Why?  It shows that the name originated from Babylon! It is the Chaldee form of Judah. It is not in the book by Nehemiah at all. When Rome took over, one of the provinces of the empire, containing the former southern kingdom, Judah, became known as “Judaea,” the Greek form of the Chaldean word, Judea. This is explained accordingly, in parentheses, in front of each occurrence and a pen-writer sign is put beside to refer readers to the comprehensive explanation underneath.
13.   Zion – The place, Zion, is another place in the Bible that is shrouded in mystery. That, out of the 155 instances of its appearance in the Bible, 114 is in Ezra’s book, 37 in the Psalms, and only 4 in Nehemiah’s book, speaks volume. (It is also interesting that, in the four instances in Nehemiah’s book, the references were copied verbatim from Ezra’s book – 2 Sam. 5:7/1 Chr. 11:5; 1 Kgs 8:1/2 Chr. 5:2; 2 Kgs 19:21/Is. 37:22; 2 Kgs 19:31/Is. 37:32). The Bible says, “Glorious things are spoken of it” (Ps. 87:3). Let us consider some of the glorious things spoken of Zion:

• It is going to be Jesus’ country at the millennial (Ps. 2:6).
• It plays host to the city of the great King – the Self-existent – the delight of the whole world (Lam. 2:15), where the palace of the Self-existent is located, in its northern side (Ps. 48:2-3).
• It is beauty par excellence (Ps. 50:2; Lam. 2:15).
• It shall abide forever (Ps. 125:1; 133:3).
• It was chosen by the Self-existent (Ps. 132:13) for His dwelling (Ps. 20:2; 74:2; 76:2; 87:2; 99:2; 128:5; 135:21; Is. 8:18; 18:7).
• The Self-existent is the God there (Ps. 146:10; 147:12).
• The Self-existent is the King there (Ps. 149:2; Is. 24:23).
• It was founded by the Self-existent (Is. 14:32).

Without any doubt, then, Zion is the eternal country of the Self-existent, the Invisible, inhabited by the Self-existent, the Holy Spirit – His Emissary (KJV – Angel) on earth! The great questions then are, “When did Zion become the habitation of the Self-existent the Invisible and the Self-existent the Holy Spirit?” “When did the Self-existent choose Zion as His dwelling?” and “Why did the Self-existent command blessing of eternal life on Zion?”

If the Self-existent is the God (Ps. 146:10; 147:12) and the King (Ps. 146:10; 149:2; Is. 24:23) of Zion, it goes to say that Zion is synonymous to the whole land of Israel before the split (1 Sam. 10:19; 12:12), and synonymous to Judah, the southern kingdom after the northern kingdom was cast away (Ps. 47:4-6; 89:18; 2 Chr. 13:12; Is. 24:23; 33:22). That on the northern side of Zion is the city of the Great King – the Self-existent, the Holy Spirit – implies that the psalm was written when the northern kingdom has been cast away and Judah had become the only remaining nation of the God of Israel. Also, if His city is located at the side of the north of Zion, and the habitation of prosperity – Jerusalem, the city that the Self-existent chose, according to 1 Kgs 8:1; 11:36; 14:21; and 2 Chr. 12:13 - is also located at the northern side of Judah, the southern kingdom, then without any iota of doubt, Judah became synonymous to Zion after the split. In effect, by “Zion,” the people of Judah, the southern kingdom, were covertly making their country the country of the Self-existent, which is the main reason Nehemiah would not use the name in his history book, Nehemiah being a citizen of the northern kingdom.

Now, when did God choose, or, how long has God chosen, Zion as His habitation? When David conquered the Jebusites? No. God chose the place from the time of the re-creation of the earth. Realizing that the habitation of prosperity - Jerusalem - the city of David, is at the eastern side of the whole land of Israel, and knowing that the garden that the Self-existent cited was at the east of Eden; knowing that the Hebrew word, “gan” translated to “garden” means “a fenced area” and the Hebrew “eden” translated as “Eden” means “pleasure” or “delight,” making “Eden” to be translatable to “a pleasant land;” knowing that the habitation of prosperity - Jerusalem - located east of the land of Israel, is a divinely fenced place, fenced by mountains, and that Judah, Zion, is a pleasant land (Ps. 106:24; Jer. 3:19; Dan. 8:9 and Zech. 7:14), being a portion of the land of Israel – the land of superabundant milk and honey (Exod. 3:8 and 17; 13:5; 33:3; Lev. 20:24; Num. 13:27; 14:8; 16:13 & 14; Deut. 6:3; 11:9; 26:9 & 15; 27:3; 31:20; Josh. 5:6; Jer. 11:5; 32:22; Ezek. 20:6 & 15) - then, without doubt, the entire land of Israel is the place called “Eden” that the Self-existent chose from the beginning of the recreated earth, and the habitation of prosperity - Jerusalem - east of Zion (Judah) and east of the land, formerly, of Canaan (Israel) is the garden (fenced off area) east of Eden (the pleasant land).

That Israel (former land of Canaan), the land of superabundant milk and honey, is Eden, and the habitation of prosperity - Jerusalem - the garden (fenced area) in it, is very evident in the Bible: Cherubims were located east of the fenced area (garden) at the beginning (Gen. 3:24) and the next place we find the word “Cherubim” is in the Self-existent’s instruction to Moses on how they were to be carved into the tent of worship in the wilderness – Exod. 25 – 26:31, after which they are found in the temple in Jerusalem, according to Is. 6:1-3, meaning that the Self-existent [the Holy Spirit] was dwelling in the pleasant land (Eden), now the land of Israel; that Israel continued to refer to the fenced area (garden) as the “garden of the LORD” (Is. 51:3 - KJV) or “the garden of God” (Ezek. 28:13 and 31:9 – KJV) means that He owns and lives in the fenced area (garden) and if He lives there, no one could have driven Him out; and if no one could drive Him out and He is known to be living in the habitation of prosperity - Jerusalem - a divinely fenced place - as at that time, it goes to say that the habitation of prosperity - Jerusalem - the divinely fenced city, is the original garden (fenced area) of the pleasant land (Eden), a land of superabundant milk and honey, Israel, the reason why the land of Israel is said to be the country of God, of the Self-existent, or holy country (Ps. 48:1; Is. 2:3; Jer. 31:23; Ezek. 28:14, 16; Dan. 9:20; Mic. 4:2) and called by the Self-existent Himself, “My holy country” (Ezek. 20:40).

Finally, that the Bible reveals that the city of Adam (that is, the city where the original Adam dwelt) is in the land of Israel (Josh. 3:16) and that Israelis are called the “children of Eden” make it abundantly clear that Jerusalem is the garden [fenced city] where Adam was in Eden [pleasant land - Israel] (2 Kgs 19:12).

 

5. Clear translation of Hebrew and Greek words in KJV:

Both Testaments - First and Final - contain many Hebrew and Greek loanwords or Hebrew and Greek words wrongly translated. In addition to the Hebrew words, YHWH, JAH, Adonay and Adon, and the Greek loanword, Angel, that has been shown, others are: Messiah, Sabbath, Eden, Bethaven, Siloah, Garden, Jerusalem  and Jezreel in the First Testament and Baptize, Baptism, Baptist, Apostle, Christ, Synagogue, Siloam, Alpha, Omega, Paradise, Presbytery, Evangelist, Cherub and Deacons in the Final Testament. The Hebrew words – Shabbâth, Messiah and Yizreê’l – were carried into KJV as Sabbath, Messiah and Jezreel, respectively and the Greek words – baptizo, baptisma, baptismos, Baptistes, apŏstŏlŏs, christŏs, sunagógé, paradeisos, presbulerion, euaggelistés, kerub and diakŏnĕŏ – were carried into KJV as baptize, baptism, baptism, baptist, apostle, Christ, synagogue, paradise, presbytery, evangelist, cherub and deacon respectively. To make the translation entirely English and help people understand and appreciate the words, the words have all been properly translated.

 

6. Revelation on how the volumes of the two books of the First Testament cohere as well as the progression maintained in the two books: Notes are given on how the volumes in each of the two historical books of the First Testament cohere. Also, the progression maintained in the two books is revealed.

 

Our prayer is that God will grant the reader the courage to embrace the revealed truth at any cost.